I've been voting mostly Republican for decades. I'm tired of voting for the lesser of two weasels. Reagan was possibly the only positive vote for President I've ever cast (twice). I'm looking for a party. While I've never been convinced that John Kennedy was a great President (mediocre at best; a live Kennedy would not have been remembered as great), I could be a JFK Democrat. I simply could not be an RFK, Jr Democrat. I was a proud Reagan Republican. I was never a Bush or Dole Republican, nor a Ford Republican. We need a party that is actually in favor of smaller government. Both Bushes were in favor of paternalistic/maternalistic government "fixing" peoples' lives for them. Nixon was also too "big government" for me.

Libertarians are interesting people, but too many of them demand a "pure" party, instead of a winning party. A coalition of conservatives and libertarians would be hard to beat.